WELCOME TO IEEE VISUALIZATION '98
Welcome to the ninth IEEE Visualization conference! As has become the tradition for this annual conference, we believe we have a strong technical program that examines the varied aspects of visualization: algorithms, techniques, and applications. This year, our keynote speaker (Patrick Hanrahan) and capstone speaker (Turner Whitted) promise to share with us their unique perspectives on this field. To facilitate more interaction and discussion among conference attendees, lunch will be included for each day that you register. We hope these lunch sessions will provide a forum for lively exchanges of information and viewpoints. We are also providing a new arena for interactive technical information exchange: The Creative Applications Laboratory (CAL). At the CAL, you will have the opportunity to see and discuss examples of visualizations highlighted in the papers, cases, panels, tutorials, and LBHT sessions, in real time, with their authors.
The conference has a varied program for you to choose from. The week unofficially begins on Saturday with a full day workshop on "Distributed Visualization Systems" and a half day workshop on "Multi-Resolution Representation of 3D Geometry for Progressive Transmission". Seven Tutorials are offered on Sunday through Tuesday and cover subjects for the beginner and advanced attendee. We have two Symposia this year: Information Visualization (Info Vis) and Volume Visualization (Vol Vis). The technical program starts Wednesday and begins with the Keynote Address. This is followed by concurrent sessions of papers, panels, case studies, and Late Breaking Hot Topics (LBHTs) that present the latest issues, research, and applications in visualization. Demonstrations of visualization products, tools and applications will begin mid-day on Wednesday and continue through Thursday afternoon. Our conference climaxes with the Capstone address on Friday afternoon. We have upgraded our registration system this year to offer attendees increased opportunities to move between the various offerings on Sunday through Tuesday.
We hope you join us in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina during the week of October 17 - 23, 1998 for IEEE Visualization 98. We promise both a dynamic and casual atmosphere that supports opportunities to meet and talk with leaders in the field of visualization.
Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Lockheed Martin/U.S. EPA Scientific Visualization Center
Robert Moorhead, Mississippi State University
IEEE Visualization ‘98 Conference
Co-Chairs
